Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Mexico

Handwashing facilities in Mexico in 2024 — 98.8%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 91. Since 2009, the indicator has risen by 11.5 pp.

2024 98.8% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 5of 91
Period maximum 98.8%2023
Period minimum 87.3%2009

Trend over time

2009–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Mexico, 2009–20248590951002009201120132015201720192021202320242009: 87.3%2010: 87.3%2011: 87.4%2012: 87.4%2013: 87.4%2014: 88.6%2015: 89.8%2016: 90.9%2017: 92.1%2018: 93.2%2019: 94.3%2020: 95.5%2021: 96.6%2022: 97.7%2023: 98.8%2024: 98.8%
Change over the period: +11.5 pp Annual average: 0.77 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico 98.8%
World 78%
Handwashing facilities — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.8 −0 pp
2023 98.8 +1.1 pp
2022 97.7 +1.1 pp
2021 96.6 +1.1 pp
2020 95.5 +1.1 pp
2019 94.3 +1.1 pp
2018 93.2 +1.1 pp
2017 92.1 +1.2 pp
2016 90.9 +1.2 pp
2015 89.8 +1.2 pp
2014 88.6 +1.2 pp
2013 87.4 +0 pp
2012 87.4 +0 pp
2011 87.4 +0 pp
2010 87.3 +0 pp
2009 87.3

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population that has an equipped place for washing hands with water and soap in the dwelling. The indicator looks a small one next to piped water and sewerage, but in its contribution to reducing diarrheal and respiratory disease it is comparable to them, and it costs incomparably less. The COVID-19 pandemic made it visible: it turned out that in the poorest countries of Africa fewer than a quarter of the population have facilities for washing hands.

Important: Not all countries are surveyed: where practically everyone has such facilities, these data are not collected. That is why the aggregate by country group is computed only where coverage is sufficient — averaging the surveyed countries alone would give a picture noticeably worse than the reality.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.